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. 2020 Oct 13;21(20):7553. doi: 10.3390/ijms21207553

Table 2.

Kinetic parameters for the catalytic activity of the hemin and hemin-peptide complexes in the oxidation of ABTS by hydrogen peroxide, in phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, at 25 °C.

Complex k1 (M−1s−1) KM (mM) kcat (s−1) kcat/KM (M−1s−1)
Hemin 42 ± 4 1.90 ± 0.20 0.011 ± 0.001 6
Hemin-PrP106–114 51 ± 5 4.70 ± 0.40 * 0.068 ± 0.002 * 14 *
Hemin-PrP95–114 62 ± 1 * 2.24 ± 0.18 0.048 ± 0.012 * 22 *
Hemin-PrP84–114 75 ± 4 * 1.59 ± 0.15 0.054 ± 0.001 * 34 *
Hemin-PrP76–114 54 ± 1 * 0.94 ± 0.17 * 0.056 ± 0.002 * 60 *
Hemin-AcR1τ a 73 ± 5 1.90 ± 0.10 0.080 ± 0.002 * 43
Hemin-Aβ16 a 43 ± 5 0.05 ± 0.05 0.070 ± 0.002 134
HRP b 107 0.64 45.5 7.1 × 104

a Data from Pirota et al. [43]. b Data from Dunford [55]. * parameter significantly different from that of hemin (T-test, p = 0.05, n = 3).